Where does “Brabants” come from?
Brabants (Dutch) comes from Dutch Brabant, from Middle Dutch brabant, from Old Dutch brākbant, from Proto-Germanic banti, from Dutch band, from English band, from German band, from French bande — that.
Brabants (Dutch): Brabantian
Definitions
- Brabantian
Ancestry of “Brabants”, step by step
Brabants traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Brabant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Brabant | North Brabant |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | brabant | Brabant |
| 3 | Old Dutch | brākbant | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | banti | district, region |
| 5 | Dutch | band | connection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre |
| 6 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 7 | German | band | past of binden |
| 8 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 9 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 10 | Italian | là | there |
| 11 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 12 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 13 | Old Portuguese | ala | — |
| 14 | Latin | illac | that way, that side, there, along that path, in... |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Dutch S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | S | — |